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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
Nothing great is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom then bear fruit then ripen.
Quotes By Epictetus
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If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means and if you...
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No greater thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a...
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Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training but only...
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Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing religion...
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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures but the foolish to be a...
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Men are disturbed not by things but by the view which they take of them.
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Imagine for yourself a character a model personality whose example you...
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We should not moor a ship with one anchor or our life with one hope.
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Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor nor should life rest on a...
Quotes About Great
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who...
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I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when...
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A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other...
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We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great...
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A great wind swept over the ghetto carrying away shame invisibility and...
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A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a...
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Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at and humbled for...